State Education News
- Ohio’s public schools rate 12th in U.S. with B- grade (Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio’s public school system earned a better grade on the nation’s report card this year, but the state’s rank — fifth in the nation three years ago — fell to 12th…Read more...
Local Education News
- Groveport schools offer 12 options for levy (Columbus Dispatch)
- Huber Heights schools to cut 108 jobs, 64 teachers (Dayton Business Journal)
- Lakota saves $1.5M after cuts to art, music (Hamilton Journal-News)
- Retired teacher group offering grants to current teachers (Lima News)
- Casino money: Not enough help for local schools (New Philadelphia Times)
- District facing state oversight (Springfield News-Sun)
- Mathews student charged after describing school shootings as ‘easy’ (Youngstown Vindicator)
Groveport Madison school officials took their first steps to place a levy on the May ballot at last night’s school board meeting…Read more...
The board of the Huber Heights school district voted to cut 108 jobs and 64 teachers, according to WDTN-TV 2…Read more...
Elementary students within Lakota are getting less exposure this school year to subjects, including art and music…Read more...
The Allen County Retired Teachers Association is accepting project proposals for teacher grants the group began giving last year…Read more...
Joe Edinger, superintendent of East Holmes Local Schools in Berlin, doesn’t plan on spending the $39,677.15 his district will receive as its share of state casino-tax revenue…Read more...
Tecumseh Local Schools must further cut expenses and increase revenues or face a projected $1.6 million deficit and fiscal caution status in 2014, the state education department told the district this week…Read more...
Two buddies from Mathews High School were arraigned Wednesday on felony charges — one accused of making remarks that caused panic at the high school, the other accused of vandalizing a teacher’s house in Niles last week…Read more...
Editorial
- Disruptive students (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Fine could have helped Jackson kids (Canton Repository)
Tamika Williams has a problem. And so, unfortunately, does the Akron Public Schools, which has the responsibility to ensure a learning environment that is safe for all staff and students, including angry, young ones like Tamika…Read more...
Judge had noble idea, but ex-coach’s victims may need counseling, too. Scott D. Studer pleaded guilty last month for videotaping Jackson High School student athletes in the showers…Read more...